diff --git a/zed/src/worktree.rs b/zed/src/worktree.rs
index 6dc5bcec023aef16701835577fcc0b3ce4addec5..196e62bb190aef5e8e52db787651c5f46e68be1b 100644
--- a/zed/src/worktree.rs
+++ b/zed/src/worktree.rs
@@ -1423,10 +1423,12 @@ mod tests {
             app.read(|ctx| tree.read(ctx).next_scan_complete()).await;
             app.read(|ctx| {
                 let tree = tree.read(ctx);
+                let dot_git = tree.entry_for_path(".git").unwrap();
                 let tracked = tree.entry_for_path("tracked-dir/tracked-file2").unwrap();
                 let ignored = tree.entry_for_path("ignored-dir/ignored-file2").unwrap();
                 assert_eq!(tracked.is_ignored(), false);
                 assert_eq!(ignored.is_ignored(), true);
+                assert_eq!(dot_git.is_ignored(), true);
             });
         });
     }
diff --git a/zed/src/worktree/ignore.rs b/zed/src/worktree/ignore.rs
index 0b2528b981f9548239e0868e82c84f905b08980c..9eb605eaf87b062d43b2de7b5027aba747bbc51b 100644
--- a/zed/src/worktree/ignore.rs
+++ b/zed/src/worktree/ignore.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-use std::{path::Path, sync::Arc};
-
 use ignore::gitignore::Gitignore;
+use std::{ffi::OsStr, path::Path, sync::Arc};
 
 pub enum IgnoreStack {
     None,
@@ -37,6 +36,10 @@ impl IgnoreStack {
     }
 
     pub fn is_path_ignored(&self, path: &Path, is_dir: bool) -> bool {
+        if is_dir && path.file_name() == Some(OsStr::new(".git")) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
         match self {
             Self::None => false,
             Self::All => true,